CONTROLLED MEANING: The lending of money at a rate of interest above the
limit allowed by statute.
CORRECT MEANING:Excessive profit (profiteering): price gouging;
over-charging. Any interest or increase exacted by a lender from a borrower
as the price of a loan is usury and is CONDEMNED by scripture! (Exodus
22:25; Leviticus 25:35; Deuteronomy 23:19) Jesus taught that usury is theft
(Matthew 25:26-27).
Through usury, the rich permanently impoverish the poor borrowing class,
enslave them, gain possession of all property and thus maintain control of
nations.
"The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant
to the lender".
In societies where usury is not prohibited, and debt continues from
generation to generation, family inheritances are lost to the bankers.
In the Scriptures, "usury" is translated from:
1. Hebrew "naskak": A sting (as a serpent): interest on a debt.
2 Greek "tokos": interest on money loaned.
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